Accountant, Ava Labs
Digital Assets
$90.1-112.6k
Smart contracts platform for dApps
Posted today
Smart contracts platform for dApps
201-500 employees
Posted today
$90.1-112.6k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance that enables the world to have a more prosperous future.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of accounting experience, ideally with at least 1 year working in crypto, fintech, or digital assets
- Strong understanding of US GAAP and IFRS, with experience applying it to non-traditional assets
- Hands-on experience with crypto wallets, exchanges, and sub-ledger platforms (e.g., Bitwave, others)
- Comfortable working with blockchain explorers (e.g., Etherscan, Snowtrace) to trace transactions
- High attention to detail, strong organization skills, and the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Excel/Google Sheets power user; bonus if you’ve worked with SQL or APIs
- Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous or fast-paced environments - you don’t just flag problems; you fix them
- Strong written communication and documentation skills - your work should speak clearly even when you’re not in the room
- High-output mindset: You finish what you start, think through edge cases, and avoid “just doing the task.”
What the job involves
- Ava Labs is seeking a precision-driven, crypto-fluent Digital Assets Accountant who thrives in fast-moving, high-accountability environments
- This role is foundational to the accuracy and integrity of our crypto reconciliations, with deep exposure to sub-ledgers, wallets, and on-chain activity
- You’ll take ownership of digital asset accounting across wallets, chains, and custodians - bringing structure to complexity and clarity to every transaction
- Your role is not just about numbers, but about contributing to our mission and success in the blockchain technology space, where the unique challenges of crypto transactions await
- You will work closely with the Finance team and other cross-functional teams to ensure timely and accurate reconciliation, classification, and reporting of crypto transactions
- If you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy diving into the details of transaction data, and take pride in precision, this role is not just a job, but an exciting opportunity for continuous learning and growth
- Reconcile Digital Asset Activity: Own and reconcile crypto transaction flows across wallets, exchanges, and custodians using Bitwave and NetSuite. Ensure completeness and accuracy - no loose ends
- Wallet Monitoring & Reporting: Maintain auditable records of wallet balances and ownership across entities. You’re the first line of clarity on asset movement
- Journal Entries & Month-End Close: Prepare journal entries for digital asset activity, including, but not limited to, revenue, blockchain fees, staking, bridging, grants, and internal transfers
- Classification & Tagging: Apply consistent, principle-based accounting logic to complex blockchain transactions (e.g., DeFi activity, airdrops, token launches, vesting), drawing on GAAP, IFRS, and crypto-native economic substance. You know the rules - and when to flag ambiguity
- Data Diagnostics & Risk Sensing: Combine pattern recognition with precision to identify discrepancies, gaps, or anomalies in transaction flows. You’re expected to flag issues proactively and suggest resolution paths - clarity is your currency
- Collaboration is key in this role. You'll be working closely with the Treasury, Engineering, and Business Development teams to validate data and ensure smooth operations. You're not just a number cruncher – you ask insightful questions and ensure that all loose ends are tied up, making you an integral part of our team
- Audit Support: Prepare schedules, reconciliations, and documentation to support internal and external audits of digital assets, ensuring data accuracy and completeness. Maintain clear, auditable documentation of reconciliation logic, accounting assumptions, and supporting schedules to ensure future traceability and transparency
- Policy Adherence: At Ava Labs, we take compliance with internal accounting policies and procedures related to digital assets seriously. As a Digital Assets Accountant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our operations are always above board
- Communicate Reconciliation Risks: Proactively surface discrepancies, unusual transactions, or classification risks to Finance leadership. You bring visibility, not surprises, to the data flow
- Process Improvement: Assist in standardizing and documenting digital asset accounting procedures to support business growth and expansion
Our take
The highly secure and decentralized nature of blockchain technology makes it an attractive prospect for financial projects - but historically, this has come with a compromise on transaction speed and scalability, with Ethereum and Blockchain speeds barely breaking into double digits per second.
Ava Labs’ open-source platform Avalanche enables companies to launch decentralized applications with all the benefits of blockchain, whilst processing a record-smashing 4,500 transactions per second. The company's strategy has been to tailor its blockchain to specific applications, establishing a reputation in the sector through efficient hard-and-fast use cases with low fees. This has allowed it to operate alongside blockchain giants like Ethereum that hoard large amounts of the DeFi market.
In answering the strong appetite for a cheaper and more scalable blockchain consensus, Ava Labs has found a keen audience, and secured the ability to pursue its goal of opening the space up to more users. The Avalanche platform has become the first to partner with Amazon Web Services, becoming part of a project to bring blockchain technology to government and enterprises. The company also partnered with digital identity verification provider Blockpass, to collaborate towards furthering the safety, security and capabilities of the ecosystem.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
61% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2022
$350m
LATE VC
Sep 2021
$230m
LATE VC
Total funding: $586m
Company benefits
- 401k (non-matching)
- Commuter Benefits
- Comprehensive Insurance
- Short-term/long-term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Happy Hour Fridays
- Team Activities
- Remote-friendly Networking
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote Friendly
- Volunteer Time-Off
Company HQ
Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
Leadership
Kevin Sekniqi
(COO & Chief Protocol Architect)Former Researcher and Software Engineer at Microsoft and NASA, with a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell.
Emin Gun Sirer
(CEO)Founder of Bloxroute Labs and professor at Cornell for 20 years with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington.
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